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variety. Twenty Foreign Hounds numbered amongst them two from 

 the kennels of His Majesty Edward VII., then of course Prince of 

 Wales, and took first and second prizes. They were specimens of the 

 Russian Wolf-hound, since so popular as Borzois, and I fancy this was 

 one of the first occasions I remember seeing any of the Royal dogs 

 at any show. The third prize in this class went to a Great Dane, 

 under its then title of German Boar-hound, exhibited by the Baroness 

 de Clifford. There were 21 Newfoundlands and 17 Sheep-dogs. 

 Amongst the exhibitors of the latter I see the name of Mr. Panmure 

 Gordon, since the President of the Scottish Kennel Club, one of the 

 Committee of the Kennel Club, and a generous and popular supporter 

 of doggy matters generally, and who still sometimes appears as an 

 exhibitor of some of his national breeds. With 50 Bull-dogs and 

 32 Bull-terriers, these varieties stood well. White English Terriers 

 had what we should now think a record entry of 21, and Black-and- 

 tan Terriers also, with 45 ; and Dandies and Skyes with 18 each, in 

 one class each, and 30 Broken-haired Terriers, in one class, with 

 three prizes, must have given the judges some trouble. Twenty 

 Pugs and 13 Maltese, in one class each, would surprise some of our 

 judges now ; while 16 King Charles Spaniels, 22 Smooth Toy 

 Terriers, and 15 Broken-haired Toys no doubt required considerable 

 care in the award of prizes. 



I have gone considerably into detail over this show because, from 

 what I have heard since, it was considered about the best show, for 

 quality, ever seen up to that time. 



Amongst the many since well-known names of the exhibitors were 

 Messrs. G. W. Assheton-Smith, F. Barlow, Rev. F. W. Adye, Messrs. 

 J. N. Beasley, C. W. Brierley, T. Burgess, C. Butler, Rev. F. W. 

 de Castro, Messrs. J. T. Chillingworth, G. V. Compton, H. P. Cotton, 

 W. Cropper, H. Crossley, J. H. Dawes, J. Douglas, J. Ferriman, 

 Hon. T. W. Fitzwilliam, Messrs. R. S. Holford, M.P., J., E., and 

 J. K. Field, G. Fitter, R. Garth, J. F. Godfree, J. G. Grimwood, J. W. 

 Gurney, E. Hanbury, J. A. Handy, T. W. Hazlehurst, J. Henshall, J. 

 Inman, Lord C. J. Ker, Messrs. P. J. D. Lindoe, R.E , S. Lang, 

 F. Lamphier, J. H. V. Lukey, R. Mandeville, Rev. W. J. Mellor, 

 Mrs. Bligh Monck, Messrs. H. C. Murchison, E. Nichols, W. Page, 

 Leigh Pemberton, James Pratt, R. J. Lloyd Price, J. Roocroft, W. 

 Shaw (better known as Bill Shaw), R. C. Vyner, Captain Wetherall, 

 Messrs. J. H. Whitehouse, A. L. Willett, Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, 

 Mrs. Wood, and Mr. Thomas Wootton, some of whom, I am happy 

 to say, are still with us. 



